The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-30


ana determinations They prevent responsible
roads from being placed at the mercy of their
more reckless and irresponsible competitors.
"hen pools are prohibited, if one company
makes special contracts in violation of the pro-
Visions of the act the other companies are al
most forced to 1T in self-defense-and there are
means of doing 1t which are exceedingly hard to
detect So serious has been this difficulty that
Other countries have recognized the impossibility
OF stopping pooling and discrimination at the
same time. Believing that discrimination is the
greater evil they direct their efforts against this
as means OF stopping discrimination they legal
ize pools. The prohibition of pools Is
to be regretted because it will make i mora
difficult to enforce the other sections of the law"
Scribners Magazine for June opens with a
study of Napoleon and his times. by John c.
Hopes, which, coming it does so soon after
the bitterly critical Taine essay, affords strk-
ing example of tho VARYING est Inmates of this IL
lustrious man which held by students of his
tory. The article is illustrated by large num-
Der of portraits of Napoleon from copies in the
authors possession. Mr.. j. f. Stmson, in ssThe
Ethics of Democracy" draws some curious con-
clusions among others one which will afford
satisfaction to the equal sufiragists He thinks
1T may be safely stated that the tendency of
Democracy Is neither to impose, to recognize
nor TO authorize any legal social or political diff
Terence between the sexes" Advocates of easy
divorce may be gratified at his further conclu-
sion that despite the conservative reaction not
able in the last few years, that the tendency of de-
mocracy has so far been. while recognizing mar
rage as civil status to deny the right of the
husband to authority and possession which has
hitherto been the axiom OF the Anglo Saxon
view of that institution, and to make marriage
a contract easily made and easily ended, while
strictly Furnishing ofenses against the marital
relation while it lasts" The '.Uncommercial
Republic" written of by w. Il. Bingham, is Qua
temala- The fiction, and particularly the short
stories, in this number is of an unusually high
character Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson. who
has done some literary work jointly with her
ht1c6 ihrzfn0
new side of Russian life is presented by Nora
Perry's sketch.
A pleasant glimpse of the social life at Cornell
is given in the June Lippincott by a student of
the institution. A physicians view of exercise
and athletics is of esnecial interest at this time
when so much attention is being given to phys
ical development. The complete novel with this
Issue is by Charles Barnard. and entitled the
"Whistling Buoy"
The American Magazine improves with age as
to it's literary quality. but not much can be
said for its illustrations With the exception of
the portraits of the Nations Lawmakers"
which are good, the artistic features of
class which prevailed fifteen years ago A brief
but comprehensive description of 'tVoiapuk,"
the new universal language, forms an interest
ing article In the June number.
There is good summer reading for the children
full as we'll entertaining. To the boys who
getting ready for business the series of art-
cles the various employments particu-
larly interesting. In this Issue the business of
the Banker and Broker is treated of. The
serial stories, Juan and Juanta" and "Jennie's
Boarding house continue to be of absorbing in
terest to young readers.
The frontispiece of the Art Amateur for June
is a study of panses 1t is accompanied with
perry studies in color also given in addition
to the regular supplements, containing designs
for panels, china painting etc The magazine
appears in a cover of new and attractive design.
The latest bound volume of the Century Maya
zine, including the numbers from November,
SO, to April 81. is especially valuable in con-
tanning the opening chapters of Hay 81 Nicolay's
History of Abraham Lincoln" This, with the
series of war papers which will be concluded
with the coming October number OF the maya
zine, will make tho books containing them
important and valued possession The col
lection of miscellaneous literature in of
these volumes forms a treasure house of knowl-
edge. The price of the bound volume issued
by the Century Company is 50.
The Interstate Publishing Company. Chicago,
issue in pamphlet form, for use as supplement
tary reading in schools, "The Story Without an
End" translated from the German, and the
palace of Vanity" from the French. s elected
recitations for the little is issued by this
house; also the monthly magazine entitled the
Grammar School
The artistic designs of furniture an a house
fittings in the Decorator and Furnsher are quito
gratifying, in their way to admir- ers of the
beautiful, as are illustrations of a m Ore imagi-
native character The practical ch aracter of
this magazine renders its suggestions Invaluable
both to builders and bouseholders. No. 80 L.
Fourteenth street. New York.
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